Farm Reform Laws

A Turning Point in Sight?

Like many others I also scanned closely the video of the Prime Minister making the 'historic' announcement on the farm bills. But I did not find a speck of sincere…

Farmers Resist in Punjab

After celebrating virtually a festival of the masses on 114th birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) has left no stone unturned in tackling the burning…

Police attack farmers in Moga

The boiling pot of indignation is simmering at it’s optimum point after the attack on the farmers in rally at Moga.The ruling classes are embarrassed in their very backyard, sending…

Valuing Democracy

The security of democracy depends on our conscience and our adherence to democratic values! Replying to a question on the President's address in the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Farmers at the Borders of Survival – What Next?

The Kisan Andolan is closing in on nine months - braving deeply disturbing times, braving weather extremities, braving police brutalities, braving government's insouciance and subterfuge, braving the dark Covid clouds,…

Farmers Protest On Independence Day

On August 15th Bhartiya  Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) celebrated the Farmer Labor Mukti-Sangharsh Day at 40 places with three big gatherings in hundreds of villages and cities across Punjab. The…

Dalit Landless Farmers Rise Up in Punjab

Arguably the most qualitative protest of the dalit landless labourers challenging casteist oppression in the entire nation took place near the chief minister's palatial house at Moti Mahal in Patiala,…

Another Republic is possible

‘Such is your state; This is the cause; Remove the cause.’ -Ved Prakash Varuk Constantly forged in the crucible of struggles and resistance the peasant farmers’ protest reveals the transformative…

The Farm Sector On A Trencher 

            The entire farm sector, comprising at least a quarter of the total population of the country, is up in arms.  The structural crisis engulfing this sector was growing over…

Essential Commodities And People

Farm laws and food The Farmers’ agitation starting 26 November 2020, was against three Farm Laws. The Essential Commodities Amendment Act, 2020, (ECA Act) is one of them. ECA Act…

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